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T. G. MGOONNELL. Machine for Faring, Gol ing, and Quartering Apples.

Patented Aug. f2, 1879.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS Gr. MOOONNELL, OF OOLLINSVILLE, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FOR PARING, CORING, AND QUARTERING APPLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 218,549, dated August12, 1879; application filed May 16, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS GREGORY Mc- OONNELL, of Oollinsville, in thecounty of Madison and State of Illinois, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Machines for Paring, Goring, and Quartering Apples, ofwhich the following is a specification.

Figure 1 is a side View of my improved ma- Fig. 2 is a top view of thesame. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section of the same, taken through theline 00 :r, Fig. 1, and looking to the right. Fig. 4 is the same sectionas Fig. 3, but looking to the left. Fig. 5 is a detail end view of thecoring and quartering spindle.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved machine whichshall be so constructed as to pare, core, and quarter the apples withoutits being necessary to remove the apples from the fork, which shall besimple in construction, convenient in use, and rapid in operation, andwhich will do its work well and without wasting the substance of theapples.

The invention consists in the combination of the endless screw, theworm-wheel, the pivoted arm provided with the curved knife, the tworigid stops, the hinged branched stop, the inclined pivoted catch, theinclined tripplate, the lever, and the three springs with each other andwith the fork, the gear-wheels,

,the standard, and the horizontal bar; in the combination of theconnecting-bar, the slide, the standard, the spindle, and the radialknives with the lever and the horizontal bar, for quartering the appleswhile upon the fork; and in the combination of the curved knife, therod, the crank-arm, the connecting-bar, the pivoted bar, the weighted angularpawl, and the toothed bar with each other and with the spindle, thequartering-knives, the standard, and the horizontal bar, for coring theapples as they are being quartered, as hereinafter fully described.

A represents a standard, the lower end of which has two jaws, a, formedupon it to receive the edge of a table or other support, where it issecured in place by a hand-screw, B, passing up through the lower jaw a.

To the standard A, a little above the upper jaw a, is rigidly attached,or upon it is formed, a horizontal bar, 0.

To the upper part of the standard A is pivoted the fork D, upon whichthe apples are placed to be pared, cored, and quartered, and to thejournal of which is attached a small gearwheel, E. Into the teeth of thegearwhcel E mesh the teeth of the larger gearwheel F, attached to theouter end of the shaft G.

To the gear-wheel F or to the shaft G is attached a crank, H, by meansof which motion is givento the fork D and the said shaft G. The innerend of the shaft G is pivoted to the head of a bolt or rivet, I,attached to the horizontal bar G, and which serves as a pivot for thelever J.

In bearings in the end of the lever J is pivoted a short vertical shaft,K, upon the upper end of which is formed, or to it is attached, aworm-wheel, L, the teeth of which mesh into the threads of an endlessscrew, M, formed upon or attached to the shaft G.

With this construction the worm L will be turned forward by therevolution of the shaft G, and may be thrown out of gear with theendless screw M by operating the lever J.

The worm L is held in gear with the endless screw M by a spring, N,attached to the bar 0, and bearing against the bearings for the shaft K,formed upon the lever J. The worm L is turned back to its formerposition, when re leased from the endless screw M, by a spring, 0,attached to the shaft K and to its bearings.

To a lug, l, formed upon or attached to the upper end of the worm L, ispivoted an arm, 1?, having a semicircular head formed upon its upperend.

Q is the paring-knife, which is made in semicircular form, and its endsare bent inward and are attached to the flat side of the head of the armP.

The curve of the knife Q is made enough larger than the curve of thehead of the arm Pto allow the parings to pass up between the said knifeand head.

The knife Q is held forward against the apple by a spring, 1%, attachedto the pivot of the arm P and to the lug l, to which the said arm ispivoted. The tbrward movement of the knife Q is limited by a stop, 1),attached to it, and which comes in contact with the upper end of theworm L.

To the arm I is attached a stomp, which, when the paring of each appleis completed, comes in contact with the inclined edge of the plate S,attached to the upper end of the bolt or rivet I, and pushes the knife Qback from the apple, where it is held by the forward arm of the branchedstop T, which is hinged to the arm P in such a position that the saidforward arm, when the said knife is pushed back, may swing over and restupon the upper end of the worm L.

When the knife Q isin working position the forward arm of the branchedstop '1 hangs at the side of the worm L.

The rear arm of the branched stop T projects into such a position thatwhen the knife Q has been moved into position for beginning its work itwill strike, raise, and pass the inclined catch U, pivoted to thestandard A. When the knife (3 begins its forward movement the inclinedcatch U swings the stop T outward, withdrawing its forward arm from theworm L, and allowing the said knife Q to rest against the apple.

To the lever J is pivoted the end of a con meeting-bar, V, the other endof which is pivoted to a slide, \V, that slides in and out upon theouter part of the horizontal bar t, and to which is rigidly attached, orupon which is formed, a standard, X. To the upper end of the standard Xis rigidly attached a spindle, Y, in such a position as to be in linewith the axis of the fork l). The forward end of the spindle Y is madesmall and pointed to pierce the apple and enter a perforation in the hubof the fork 1).

Upon the forward end of the spindle Y, at the base of its point, areformed two beveled shoulders, to assist the spindle in boring its wayinto the apple.

The forward part of the spindle Y, in the rear of its point and cutters,is flattened, to form a space for the curved knife Z, formed upon theforward end of the rod A, which is placed in a groove in the side of thespindle Y.

The knife Z is made of such a size that when turned down it will enterthe hole made by the beveled shoulders of the spindle Y without making acut, but when turned out. it will enlarge the said hole, so as to cutout the core of the apple.

To the rear end of the rod A is rigidly attached, or upon it is formed,a crank-arm, 13, to the outer end of which is pivoted the upper end of aconneetingrod, (l, the lower end of which is pivoted to the outer end ofa short bar, D. The other end of the bar I), is pivoted to the standardX, and to the middle part of the said bar is pivoted the angle of thepawl E, the forward or engaging arm of which projects into such aposition that it may engage, when swung downward, with the toothed barF, attached to the side of the horizontal bar U. The other arm of thepawl E is made sutiicicntly heavy to hold, when left free, the engagingarm of the said pawl away from the bar F. The whole pawl E is made soheavy that its weight may hold the knife Z turned down against theflattened side of the spindle Y.

(i is a spring attached to the rear part of the spindle Y or to theupper end of the standard X. The spring G is made of such a shape thatits lower end may rest against the forward edge of the heavy arm of thepawl E H are the knives for quartering the apples. The knives II areradial, and are attached to a sleeve which turns loosely upon thespindle Y and has a slight longitudinal movement upon it. The rear endof the sleeve of the knives H rests against the spring G, as shown inFig. 1.

In using the machine, an apple is placed upon the fork D and the crank His turned. The first movement causes the inclined catch U to swing backthe forked stop T and allow the spring lt to press the knife Q, againstthe apple, along which it is carried by the action of the endless screwM upon the worm L. When the paring is completed, the lever J isoperated, which throws the knife Q back from the apple, and at the sametime draws the slide W forward, causing the spindle Y to perforate theapple and the knives H to quarter it. As the knives H come in contactwith the apple they are pushed back a little, pushing the spring Gagainst the heavy arm of the pawl E, and bringing its engaging arm incontact with the bar F. This raises the pawl E and bar I), and turns theknife Z outward to cut out the core of the apple.

The bar F is inclined, so that the knife Z may be projected more orless, according to the size of the apple, as a small apple allows theknives H to move farther forward before they come in contact with it,and are pushed back to project the coring-knife Z, allowing the pawl Eto come over a lower part of the bar F before it is brought in contactwith the said bar, so that it will not be raised so high, and will thusproject the knife Z to a less distance.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patcut- 1. The combination of the endless screw M, theworm-wheel L, the pivoted arm P, provided with the knife Q, the rigidstops p p, the hinged branched stop T, the inclined pivotcd catch U, theinclined trip-plate S, the lever J, and the three springs N 0 R, witheach other and with the fork D, the gear-wheels E F, the standard A, andthe bar (J, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination of the connecting-bar V, the slide \V, the standardX, the spindle Y, and the radial knives H with the lever J and the bar0, for quartering the apples ing-knives H, the standard X, and the bar0, While upon the fork D, substantially as herein for coring the applesas they are being quarshown and described. tered, substantially asherein shown and de- .3. The combination of the curved knife Z, scribed.

the rod A, the crank-arm B, the connecting- THOMAS GREGORY MOOONNELL.

bar 0, the pivoted bar D, the weighted an- Witnesses:

gular pawl E, and the toothed bar F with L. MILLER,

each other and with the spindle Y, the quarter- S. BREWERTON.

